Riding-habit.



No. 593,428. Patented-Feb. 18,l i902.

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(Application *Bled July 8, 1901..)

(No Model.)

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT FFICE,

` .J'Aco A.' oNDRAK, or NEW YORK, N. Y.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,428, dated February 18, 1902. Application filed July 8,1901. Serial No. 62,531. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concer-m Be it known that I, JACOB AjONDRAIQa citizen of the United States, residing at New York city,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Riding-Habits; and

l/I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in riding-habits.

The object of the invention is to provide a riding-habit which is simple of construction, adapted to afford sufficient ventilation to keep the wearer cool and'comfortable, and designed in case of the wearer being unseated and thrown or jumping from a fractions horse and the habit being caught upon the 'pommels of the saddle to becomev disengaged from the wearer to allow her to descend to the ground without injury.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing the natural position of the riding-habit before the rider places her feet in the loops and stirrup. Fig. 2 is a plan View of one part or section of the garment,

and Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other section thereof.

The numeral l in the drawings represents the complete riding-habit, which in accordance with my invention is composed of two parts or sections 2 and 3, sewed together at their meeting edges, the section 3 being pro vided with a placket-opening 4, closed by any suit-able form of fastening. The section 2 is provided with an ovate opening 5, which ina' sures sufficient ventilation to keep the lower portion of the body of the rider cool and comfortable and also provides for the admittance,- to the interior ofthe skirt,

of the pommels 7 thus allowing the skirt to hang easilyand gracefullyupon the saddle and limbs of the wearer. This opening is located upon one side of the skirt and may be concealed when the wearer is standing or sitting by the folding of aportion of the garment thereove'r to form a plait, which isheld vclosed or folded by a button 6 on one side of said opening engag-,

ing a loop or keeper 7 on the other side of the opening. The section 2 is also provided with aiseam or opening 8, closed by spring-buttons and sockets, so that when the rider is thrown or jumps from her seat and the habit instead of becoming released is-caught upon the pommels the weight of the rider will be thrown upon the edge walls of the opening 5, thus Y withdrawing the spring-buttons from their' sockets and allowing the skirt to open andrelease the rider, allowing her to fall or descend to the ground without injury. A vertical seam or plait l2 is provided for the skirt,

intersects the ovate opening 5, and I provide a row of buttons for the same to give the skirt an ornamental or finished appearance, or I may usean opening with buttonholes in place of the seam l2 and provide the same withv -nected to the'skirt in close contact with the detachable fastenings and above the opening which extends from the bottom thereof and 5 for the purpose of releasing the s ameby the weight of the rider in connection with the footin the loop of said strap. The other strap l0 is connected to the skirt below the opening 5 and is provided with a loopsimilar to the one of the strap 9, which is adapted to receivethe other foot of the rider, which tends to assist the first-mentioned foot in the other loop of the strap 9 in releasing the .detachable fastenings.

From `the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction andmode of operai ion of the invention will be readily understood, and :it will be seen that a habit of the character described is provided which combines desirable advantages in securing comfort and freedom from serious injury to the wearer in case of accidents.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy A riding-habit skirt having a horizontal ovate opening, an opening normally closed by spring-buttons and sockets arranged above and intersecting the'ovate opening, a plait or seam With a row of buttons extending vertically from the bottom of the skirt and also intersecting the ovate opening, and the elastic j straps with free end 1oops,'0`ne of which is connected to the skirt adjacent to the normally closed openingjto permit of detaching the fastenings therefrom, the other strap being connected to the skirt in an inclined position from the first-mentioned strap and on the ope Witnesses =k y y H. B. WILLsoN, J. WILLsoN. 

